@Peternimmo @todayilearned

#History #Cats #Massacre

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...itself has not been historicised in these studies. In this essay, I use this conceit to interrogate..."

It also becomes clear that the internet only served as an after-burner of this myth:

"Numerous journal articles, book chapters, and monographs have knowingly alluded to it in their own titles..."

It is clear to me that the real culprits of this #FakeNews item are, therefore, professional authors doing bad research.

In...

@Peternimmo @todayilearned

#History #Cats #Massacre #Caturday

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...fact, the only #cat massacre I could find happened during WWII in the #UK* and #Greece.

As a side note:
The #AncientEgyptians worshipped cats as the goddess #Bastet.

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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-british-studies/article/hilda-kean-the-great-cat-and-dog-massacre-the-real-story-of-world-war-iis-unknown-tragedy-animal-lives-chicago-university-of-chicago-press-2017-pp-248-3500-cloth/781913423525992F064FA4083649AC8B